The court was asked as to the effect of a restrictive covenant requiring a house not to be used for trade or business. Lindley LJ said that the dictionary meanings of the term ‘business’ embrace ‘almost anything which is an occupation, as distinguished from a pleasure – anything which is an occupation or duty which requires attention is a business.’
Judges:
Lindley LJ
Citations:
(1884) 27 ChD 71
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Jarvis Homes Ltd v Marshall and Another CA 6-Jul-2004
An intended new road was going to be the access way for 12 new houses. Part of a restrictive covenant provided that the covenantors and their successors would not ‘use or permit or suffer to be used the land hereby conveyed or any part thereof or . .
Cited – Town Investments Ltd v Department of the Environment HL 2-Mar-1977
The House considered the application of Orders made under the Counter-Inflation Acts 1972 and 1973 to premises let initially to the Minister of Works and then to the Secretary of State for the Environment for occupation by civil servants. Each of . .
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Land
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.242397